“Individual” does not respond for the “entity”

President Putin suggests that the State Duma introduce in the Administrative Code another article that authorizes prosecutors to arrest the property of companies in respect of which cases of illegal remuneration on their behalf are being investigated. From the very title of this new article after the number 27.20 it follows that this measure is introduced to ensure the execution of punishment to convicted companies. Fines are big, but one thing to impose a penalty, the other - to get it.

Lawyer, Advisor of the YUST Law Firm Igor Pastukhov commented on the legislative initiative to the "Profile" magazine: "The explanatory note to the bill does not contain any data based on the analysis of statistics on the application of measures for collecting fines imposed. No information is provided that confirms that non-fulfillment of the decisions on fines connected with the illegal withdrawal of property of organizations subjected to administrative penalties. "If there is no evidence that companies are not maliciously paying fines, this means that the bailiff service is not working efficiently, the expert says. If this is also true, he continues, the new rules will only add to the bailiffs’ work.

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